#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars

Rana el Kaliouby is a pioneer in the field of emotion recognition
and human-centric AI. She is the founder of Affectiva, deputy CEO
of Smart Eye, and author of Girl Decoded. Please support this
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the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:58)
- Childhood (16:35) - Hijab (19:18) - Faith (21:26) - War (25:35) -
Women in the Middle East (29:53) - Rana's journey (42:28) -
Rosalind Picard (44:36) - Advice for women (55:07) - Dating
(1:02:43) - Human nature (1:07:23) - AI and emotions (1:38:01) -
Smart Eye (1:47:22) - Tesla and Waymo (1:56:09) - Drunk driving
(2:05:40) - Robotics (2:19:27) - Advice for startups (2:24:15) -
Investing (2:31:39) - Advice for young people (2:39:59) - Love